Re: mozilla-rootcerts-openssl removes ${PREFIX}/etc/openssl/certs on uninstall

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 12:56:26PM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> In a thread ok pkgsrc-changes resulting from my editing DESCR, jperkin@
> pointed out that
> 
>   pkg_delete mozilla-rootcerts-openssl
> 
> led to removal of the etc/openssl/certs directory.  This surprised me,
> as that directory belongs to the openssl package, not the
> mozilla-rootcerts-openssl package.  Sure enough, when I pkg_delete the
> certs directory is removed.
> 
> I can't figure out why; there is no deinstallation script in the
> package, and the certs dir is not in the PLIST.
> 
> So is there something wrong with the package, a bug in pkg_delete, or
> something else?  Any clues appreciated.

mozilla-rootcerts-openssl puts files into it, pkg_delete auto-removes
the non-registered parent directory like it has been doing for ages.

Joerg